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Telegram to Ivan Nikitich Smirnov, May 12, 1919
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First published in 1942 in Lenin Miscellany XXXIV. Printed from the original.
Source: Lenin Collected Works, Progress Publishers, 1976, Moscow, Volume 35, page 388
Source: Lenin Collected Works, Progress Publishers, 1976, Moscow, Volume 35, page 388
Keywords : Ivan Nikitich Smirnov, Telegram
May 12, 1919
Ivan Nikitich Smirnov,
Member of the Revolutionary Military Council
Revolutionary Military Council 5
Do you guarantee that the reports attributed to you, concerning the demoralisation of Kolchak’s forces and their mass desertion to our side, are not exaggerated? If you do, what steps have you taken, first, to accelerate the offensive and consolidate the victory and, secondly, to dispatch to all units of both the Eastern and Southern Fronts deserters from Kolchak who have experienced his atrocities and are capable of raising the spirit of our army?
Lenin
Chairman, Defence Council